Football Recap: Southland Rebels vs. Houston Hurricanes
With a playoff game on the line, Southland rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Houston Hurricanes by a score of 27-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rebels.
Houston's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Morgan Rohweder, who rushed for 37 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 118 yards on 12 of 23 attempts. The dominant performance gave Rohweder a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Maddox Rodriguez, who gained 175 total yards.
Southland's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-6. As for Houston, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-5.
Southland will challenge LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season. Houston does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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